Publisher's Description

The game Refuse: Home Sweep Home is a fast-moving tactical fighter viewed from the third person. The gamer will be in charge of a group of three warriors, each of whom will have a specific technique and a unique weapon. During the campaign that includes more than ten missions, the gamer will have to clear the house from plastic evil.

This demo lets you lead a team of three highly trained action figures through the playroom.

Hot action, the unusual weapon and equipment, 3rd person and aiming view, control of a three characters detachment, and the most interesting: the absolute availability of all secret places of a house interior. That is, it is possible to climb and to get to any place if only the physics of movement allows it (jumps, crawling, special equipment). Shelves, cases, technics, windows, wall cracks and hollows, ventilation and etc. are available!

Since all characters in the game are the toys and mainly made of plastic or some parts of a stationery, there is no violence, no blood and the game is very suitable to any age categories. It equally can be interesting to kids and older gamers, including even parents! The game provides three levels of difficulty for all ranges of players: one for funny and easy play ("play for fun"), middle to try one's tactics and fighting skills ("play to win"), and the third for very hardcore gamers ("play to die"). You'd never play this difficulty level if you play the first time or unsure in your skills. *** Game Features *** : 15 missions in the 10 various carefully modelled rooms; an unusual atmosphere of the game; interactivity of the game world; multiple tasks for quick wits and invention; three characters with different military skills; unordinary weapons and interesting equipment; zoned damages; a challenging command of the group

Cons

No multiplayer, no mission editor. Too bad. But according to dev's reply on my request about it, they have a plan to create an addon, in which we would find multiplayer and probably mission editor. Well, we'll see!

I agree, there's no blood in the game. So it's suited for all people of all ages. But I'm intresting, can't it be that the game is inconsequent. Today when a many kids don't know games, playing 30 years ago, home sweep home may be ignored. Thought, creators of Home Sweep Home want to make some interesting it's good to recognize they made shooter the same as the many others.

It incorporates the movement controls used by many first person shooter games (i.e. the w-key to move ahead as used by Medal of Honor, Battlefield 1942, and other such first-shooter games). You have three soldiers to control, instead of losing the game when one dies.

Cons

It is hard to play because the characters only speak in Russian and some of the text is only in Russian. The only similarity between it and the Army Men series it that Refuze is about toy soldiers fighting in the real world. It gives a first person shooter feel to it as apposed to the command overview of all soldiers. It is only possible to control one soldier at a time and not a whole force. Also, instead of fighting plastic soldiers similar to you - the war is against metal robots, some of which are impossible to kill. This game is hardly worth trying or buying.

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